I invited a guy I'd been dating for a month on vacation. It was the perfect relationship test.
A four-day trip taught me what I needed to know about my new relationship. Six years later, we're still together.
The author, Renate Flanagan, took a chance and invited a guy she had been dating for about a month on a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. She was worried that inviting him on the trip might be too soon, but it turned out to be a great compatibility test. This trip happened during the peak of the pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020 when travel was risky and restricted.
The author loved hiking and the outdoors, so she chose Acadia National Park as her destination, even though many places were closed due to social distancing measures. She met the guy through a dating app in July, and they started seeing each other multiple times a week. About a month after their first meeting, she invited him to join her on her planned vacation to Maine.
Initially, she was unsure if she had crossed a line by inviting him so soon, but he accepted without hesitation. The author and her new romantic interest had a great relationship test when they went on vacation together. They collaborated on finding a suitable place to stay and aligned on their preferences for accommodations. During the 9-hour drive, they discovered they had similar tastes in early 2000s rock music.
The cabin stay was a micro-experiment in living together, which felt effortless. They enjoyed activities like admiring the ocean from Cadillac Mountain, skipping rocks on Jordan Pond, kayaking, and eating fresh lobster. Six years later, they are still together, and the trip remains a fond memory from the early days of their relationship.
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